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Concepts & methods of youth work Doing youth work in Australia is a three-volume series edited by Rob White and published for the youth work field by ACYS Publishing. The first volume, Concepts and methods of youth work, looks at the key issues of youth work as a career and as a profession, including models of youth work intervention, general youth work skills, and workplaces. |
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Sounds of then, sounds of now: Popular music in Australia At a time when Australian popular music is enjoying increasing international critical and commercial success, this wide-ranging new collection offers a critical revision of popular music's place in Australian society. Its contributors are passionate about their subjects, thoughtful and theoretically interesting, and immensely knowledgeable, not only about the histories and personalities of the various kinds of music they write about, but also about the music itself. |
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Outrageous! Moral panics in Australia In this detailed examination of case studies, a distinguished group of experts demystifies the social processes of moral panic in Australia. Set as a text for university students, this book is a fascinating read for all those who want to go behind the hysteria, the headlines and the sound bites. |
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Youth subcultures: Theory, history and the Australian experience This is the classic text on Australian youth subcultures and an essential guide to the lifestyle and cultural concerns of young people in Australia. |
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Australian youth subcultures: On the margins and in the mainstream This book explores the activities, attitudes, behaviours, images and experiences of young Australian people from widely diverse social backgrounds and personal circumstances. |
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Against the odds: Young people and work This 1998 text remains essential reading for anyone concerned with the issues surrounding young people and work. |
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Leading Australian researchers and commentators explore how youth are represented in the media. This collection shows how youth are too often represented as a threat to law and order, morality or community standards, but it also shows the media can be used as an expression of youth culture. |
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Ethnic minority youth in Australia Ethnic minority youth in Australia: Challenges and myths offers new perspectives on youth issues. From Vietnamese-Australian youth in Sydney's Cabramatta, to Muslim students in Port Hedland, this book provides stimulus for discussion, activity and further research. |
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Opting out: Early school leavers and the degeneration of youth policy The report includes extensive data on early leavers and reviews both the policy and research backgrounds to the issue, placing them within an international context. The report also covers 'the many programs which demonstrate that effective responses are possible', including examples of supportive school cultures and comments from teachers and students in these schools. |
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Outdoor programs for young offenders in detention OUT OF PRINT This publication offers recommendations for designing and conducting outdoor programs. These recommendations are designed to be readily accessible and applicable to existing programs as well as future endeavours in outdoor programming. |
About NYARS reports
NYARS is a cooperative arrangement between the Federal Government and the State, Territory governments to facilitate nationally-based research into current social, political and economic factors affecting young people. NYARS produces a series of research reports known as NYARS reports.













